We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
PLINY THE ELDEROn a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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